domenica 14 giugno 2009

June 2009The Bleating of Copper

by Amjad Nasser translated from the Arabic by Khaled Mattawa

Fatherstold us about raidsand deaths avenged,but they never told us about martyrs.The bells of the flockwere everything;the bleating of copperthat never ceased its ringing.And the rivers and oasesthat slipped from underthe hooves of their horses at night!Night and horses—is this what history is all about?